Please Give Ben Affleck's Post-Beard Face a Minute

It’s so hard breaking up with your beard. Everyone watches your every move, waiting for signs of longing or, worse, complete lack of regard for the gravity of the situation (you just took 10 years off your life, after all). It takes a while for your face to adjust to its new circumstances, too. The skin where your beard used to be gets a bit clammy, like it’s overeager to get out there and see people. The top half of your face, the one that’s been there this whole time, dealing with shit, is totally blindsided. Your hair has the look of someone who’s been riding in a convertible for a good bit of time.

Of course if follows that you're made to stand next to the guy who looks like a million bucks today. The guy with the perfect stubble of a new, blissed-out father. Of course.

Everyone, including you, knows that your new self and old self just need time to mesh. They’ve seen you without a beard before. You look fucking great without a beard (below). What they need to do is just leave you alone so that you can heal. Because one day soon, everything will be okay.